Garden-rake.



J. DIOKSON.

GARDEN RAKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1912.

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To all'wkom z't may concern! Be it known that I, JAMES DIOKSON a subjectof the King of Great Britain, and a residentof Goderich, in the Province0f= Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have-1nvented a new and ImprovedGarden-Rake, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription. 7

Among the principal'objects which the present nvention has in view are:to provide an implement adapted'to receive a tern porary device toshatter or' agitate the ground through which it is drawn and'to providea simple and efiicient means for securing the agitating device.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in, which similar characters of referenceindi'catecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 isa perspective view of a rake constructed and arranged in accordance withthe present invention; Fig. 2 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale,showing an end holding clamp, with. which the rake is pro:

vided; and Fig. 4 is a detail view on enlarged scale, showin theupperedge of the clamp for holding t e temporary agitating member.

As seen in the accompanying drawings, a rake, having a central tine 9,is also provided with wide-spread tines 10. The tlnes are integrallyattached to a tang 11, which is driven into thehandle or haft 12. Thetines 10 are initially set to flare from the fine 9. Each tine is proled with a vertically-disposed tooi'i'r. seep-win, constituting anagitating rake for gardening. These tooth sections are -each providedadjacent the lower end with an annular groove 13. The grooves 13 areprovided to receive a wire 14, which, when wrapped about said. toothsections of the tines 9 and 10, is used to draw said tines into closerrelation. The outer tines 10 are contracted manually while the wire 14is adjusted. Thereafter the spring of the tines 10 operates to hold thewire 14 taut.

Any suitable device for holding the wire 1 14 upon the tines may beemployed. That shown in the drawings is preferred by me,

and consists of a U-shaped clip adapted to fragment of one of the-tineswith which thesurround the tines 10, and perforatedat'the p c fi t f mm;ram; Patented J an. 14, 1913. I 1 Application am m 27, 1912'. swam099,019.

straight sides to receive screws 16. Threaded. I

upon each screw 16 is a wing nut 17. Be-

tween the body of the wing nut 17 and. al

washer 18, the free ends of the wire 14 are held. It is obvious that thewasher 18',

though convenient, is not essentialto the operation of the clam In theoperation 0 ortions of the wire 14 ofi'e'ring little or no resistance tosuch action. Thereafter, as therake is pulled through the ground, thewire 14,,

the rake thus con structed and arranged, the vtwo the tines 9 and 10 areforced into t e ground,

ing the surface earth surrounding plants in a loosened or shatteredcondition.

It is obvious that in the operation above described, the wire 14 issubjected to more or less wear, and that it is essential to the Iperfect operation of an implement of this character that the wire shallbe replaced when worn out. 'This is accomplished by loosening the nuts17 and removing the free ends of the wire 14 from engagement therewith,and subsequently unwrappingthe wire from the engagement thereof with thegrooves 13 of the tooth portions of the tines 9 and 10.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters I Patent 1. A garden rake,comprising a plurality of tines-having bent tooth portions, said tinesbeing normally flared; a suitable binding member adapted for attachmentto each of said tines, adjacent the end thereof, to bridge the spacebetween the ends of said tines to shatter the earth through which theimplement is drawn; and means for removably securing said member uponthe outer of said tines after the same have been eontracted upon theintermediate tine, whereby a tension ismaintained on said member.

2. A garden rake, comprising a plurality of integrally connectedresilient normally flared tines having approximately perpendicularly-disposed tooth sections; a binding member attachable to eachof said tines adjacent the lower end of the. tooth sections thereof; andmeans for holding the free ends of said member-in fixed relation to theoutermost of said tines, said outermost tines being contracted beforereceiving the binding member, to produce a pulling strain on saidbinding member.

4 8. A garden rake, comprising a plurality of resilient tines integrallyprovided with a mounting tang, all of said tines havingperpendicularly-disposed relatively parallel tooth sections adapted toform a rake, each of said tooth sections being provided adjacent thedigging end thereof with an annular groove; a binding Wire adapted forname to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. JAMES DICKSON. Witnesses: GRACE S. DICKBON,

HELEN DICKSON.

